Edgar Albert Guest Poems

Foxes can talk if you know how to listen,
My Paw said so.
Owls have big eyes that sparkle an' glisten,
My Paw said so.
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Right must not live in idleness,
Nor dwell in smug content;
It must be strong, against the throng
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It's an easy world to live in if you choose to make it so;
You never need to suffer, save the griefs that all must know;
If you'll stay upon the level and will 'do the best you can
You will never lack the friendship of a kindly fellow man.
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Search history, my boy, and see
What petty selfishness has done.
Find if you can one victory
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The crowded street his playground is, a patch of blue his sky;
A puddle in a vacant lot his sea where ships pass by:
Poor little orphan boy of five, the city smoke and grime
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The kids are out-of-doors once more;
The heavy leggins that they wore,
The winter caps that covered ears
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My grandpa is the finest man
Excep' my pa. My grandpa can
Make kites an' carts an' lots of things
You pull along the ground with strings,
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It's tough when you are homesick in a strange
and distant place;
It's anguish when you're hungry for an
old-familiar face.
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Time was when spring returned we went
To find another home to rent;
We wanted fresher, cleaner walls,
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A touch of the plain and the prairie,
A bit of the Motherland, too;
A strain of the fur-trapper wary,
A blend of the old and the new;
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